Remnants of Hurricane Frances moved northward near the Alabama and Georgia state line. Strong winds of 30 to 40 mph along with saturated ground conditions allowed several trees and power lines to be blown down.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Remnants of Hurricane Frances moved northward near the Alabama and Georgia state line. Strong winds of 30 to 40 mph along with saturated ground conditions allowed several trees and power lines to be blown down.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 6, 8:33 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 933 PM CDT MON SEP 6 2004 .UPDATE...FRANCES CONTINUES ON A MAINLY NORTHERLY TO NORTH- NORTHWESTERLY TRACK...AND IS NOW BRUSHING THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE STATE. BEST RAIN/BANDING ARE ACROSS THE STATE LINE IN GEORGIA...AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE THERE AS WELL. NOTED A GUST TO 45 MPH EARLIER THIS EVENING IN DOTHAN...40 MPH AT AUBURN...WITH HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS...ROUGHLY 23 MPH. FOR THE TIME BEING...AFTER CANCELING THE HIGH WIND WATCH EARLIER THIS EVENING...WERE CONTENT TO LEAVE THE CURRENT SUITE OF PRODUCTS AS IS. THE NEXT PRODUCT THAT WILL NEED TO BE EVALUATED FOR POSSIBLE TONING DOWN OR CANCELING WOULD BE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. LEARY OF RADAR BASED PRECIP ESTIMATES...SO WILL MONITOR METARS CLOSELY. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD...WILL LEAVE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH OUT AT LEAST UNTIL 06Z...AND DISCUSS OPTIONS WITH THE NIGHT SHIFT. BOTTOM LINE...NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME. SPECIAL THANKS TO NEIGHBORS FOR ALL THE COORDINATION...AND TO THE MEDIA FOR GETTING THE WORD OUT AND MAKING SURE FOLKS WERE PREPARED. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ZONES 29...38...45>50 WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ZONES 19...21...27>29... 35>38...41>50 LAKE WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ZONES 17>18...20... 24>26...33>34...40 && 81/TEAM BMX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 710 PM CDT MON SEP 6 2004 ALZ011>015-017>050-071230- AUTAUGA AL-BARBOUR AL-BIBB AL-BLOUNT AL-BULLOCK AL-CALHOUN AL- CHAMBERS AL-CHEROKEE AL-CHILTON AL-CLAY AL-CLEBURNE AL-COOSA AL- DALLAS AL-ELMORE AL-ETOWAH AL-FAYETTE AL-GREENE AL-HALE AL- JEFFERSON AL-LAMAR AL-LEE AL-LOWNDES AL-MACON AL-MARENGO AL- MARION AL-MONTGOMERY AL-PERRY AL-PICKENS AL-PIKE AL-RANDOLPH AL- RUSSELL AL-SHELBY AL-ST. CLAIR AL-SUMTER AL-TALLADEGA AL- TALLAPOOSA AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-WALKER AL-WINSTON AL- 710 PM CDT MON SEP 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(TONIGHT) ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ACROSS EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST... THE EFFECTS OF THE REMNANTS OF FRANCES ARE IMPACTING SOUTHEAST ALABAMA TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSISTS OVERNIGHT, FOR AREAS IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA, WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. PLEASE REFER TO THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER GRAPHICS AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX/HWO/HWO.HTML .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ON TUESDAY...THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION OF FRANCES IS FORECAST TO MOVE ALONG THE ALABAMA AND GEORGIA BORDER. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES. THE REMNANTS OF FRANCES WILL CONTINUE WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND, BUT WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER EAST ALABAMA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE UPDATES FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS ON FRANCES. THE REMNANTS OF FRANCES SHOULD EXIT ALABAMA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, September 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5423464, 5423465, 5423466, 5423467.